English Major with a Literature Concentration
Core Requirements
Required courses:
ENG 120 Introduction to Literature| Introduction to literary genres and the basic methodology, terminology and concepts of the study of literature. Offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Examination of the evolution of English phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary, including current conventions and usage. Usually offered spring semester. 3 credits. |
Two of the following:
ENG 221 Survey of Amer. Literature I| Survey of selected major American authors from the colonial period to about 1900. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| A survey of selected major American authors from 1900 to the present. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| A survey of selected major English authors from the Middle ages to about 1800. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major English authors from about 1800 to the present. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major writers from earliest literate history to about A.D. 1000. This includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered fall semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major writers from about A.D. 1000 until about 1800. This course includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered spring semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
One of:
ENG 341 Shakespeare I| Concentrated study of early Shakespearean drama, especially the comedies and the histories. Writing process. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Concentrated study of late Shakespearean drama, especially the tragedies and the romances. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
Literature Concentration Requirements
Required courses:
ENG 370 Lit. Theory & Its Applications| Investigation of fundamental questions such as the definition of literature, the value of literature, and the validity of the literary canon. This course provides an introduction to a variety of critical approaches to literary interpretation, on both a theoretical and practical level. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Guides the literature concentrator through the creation of a long research paper suitable for use as a writing sample for graduate school application or other professional purposes. Usually offered every semester. Graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Prerequisite: Junior standing (preferably spring semester), and a declared literature concentration. 0 credits. |
Three additional survey courses:
ENG 221 Survey of Amer. Literature I| Survey of selected major American authors from the colonial period to about 1900. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| A survey of selected major American authors from 1900 to the present. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| A survey of selected major English authors from the Middle ages to about 1800. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major English authors from about 1800 to the present. Usually offered every semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major writers from earliest literate history to about A.D. 1000. This includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered fall semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
| Survey of selected major writers from about A.D. 1000 until about 1800. This course includes literature from western Europe and non-western cultures. Usually offered spring semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). 3 credits. |
Four from:
ENG 150 Intro. to Creative Writing| Introduction to a variety of models and craft concepts useful in writing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and other genres. This course provides the basis for the student's acquisition of a repertoire of techniques. Usually offered fall semester. Prerequisite: ENG 112, or permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |
| Concentrated study of early Shakespearean drama, especially the comedies and the histories. Writing process. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Concentrated study of late Shakespearean drama, especially the tragedies and the romances. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Seminar on poetry drawing from English, American, and Commonwealth traditions from the Middle Ages to present. This seminar will introduce the student to a wide range of poems, critical vocabulary, and literary interpretations. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Historical view of the novel, drawing both on novels written originally in English and on those translated from other languages. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Introduction to analysis and critique of a broad range of foreign and American films and an overview of film's history as a form of political, social, and cultural expression. This course contributes to the student's acquisition of a critical vocabulary and development of critical thinking skills. Usually offered alternate spring semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: Liberal Studies Area 5 (Literature and Fine Art). Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Study of diverse topics that vary from year to year. Past topics have included Film Criticism, Environmental Literature, Sports Literature, and Small Town Life. Usually offered at least once a year. May be repeated for credit when focused on a topic not previously studied. Prerequisites vary. 3 credits. |
| Examination of African-American literature as a lens through which students may more clearly view the ways that African Americans have contributed to, been influenced by, appropriated and transformed notions of American identity, specifically conceptions of freedom, equality, gender, sexuality, religion, class, and literature. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Investigation of the ways in which women from a broad diversity of cultural backgrounds respond to and reshape a tradition that has typically been gendered as masculine. This course explores the effects of culture, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and religion on women's writing. Usually offered alternate fall semesters. Fulfills general education requirement: American Social Diversity. Prerequisite: ENG 120 or 200-level literature survey. 3 credits. |
| Seminar on literature in English in the period since 1800, concentrating on literature that grows out of the worldwide encounter between British and American literary traditions and other cultures. This course examines the remarkable syntheses that have emerged in the literature of other countries. Usually offered fall semester. Fulfills general education requirement: Writing Process. 3 credits. |